About This Book

The Journal of the American Revolution, Annual Volume 2017, presents the journal’s best historical research and writing over the past calendar year. The volume is designed for institutions, scholars, and enthusiasts to provide a con­venient overview of the latest research and scholarship in American Revolution studies. The forty-six articles in the 2017 edition are:

Henry McCulloh: The Unknown Co-Architect of the Stamp Act by Bob Ruppert

How Britain Tried to Intimidate Colonial Taxpayers into Compliance by Neal Nusholtz

Mount Vernon During the American Revolution by Mary V. Thompson

Religious Liberty and its Virginia Roots by Alex Colvin

The Great Awakening and the American Revolution by Daniel N. Gullotta

How John Adams Won the Hancock Trial by Neil Nusholtz

Manipulation of the Minutes of a Privy Council Meeting by Bob Ruppert

The Seizure of the Virginia Gazette, or Norfolk Intelligencer by Gerald Holland

The Battle of Gwynn’s Island: Lord Dunmore’s Last Stand in Virginia by Michael Cecere

The Southern Expedition of 1776: The American Revolution’s Best Kept Secret by Roger Smith

Why the British Lost the Battle of Sullivan’s Island by C. L. Bragg

Understanding the Continental Generals by Jeff Dacus

George Washington Convenes a Firing Squad by Joshua Shepherd

Arnold, Hazen, and the Mysterious Major Scott by Ennis Duling

Was Richard Stockton a Hero? by Christian M. McBurney

The American Vicars of Bray by Todd W. Braisted

A Brief Publication History of “Times That Try Men’s Souls” by Jett Conner

Conrad Heyer Did Not Cross the Delaware by Don N. Hagist

Arthur St. Clair’s Decision to Abandon Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence by Ron Morgan

Benedict Arnold: Natural Born Military Genius by James Kirby Martin

The Rhetoric and Practice of Scalping by Zachary Brown

General Israel Putnam: Reputation Revisited by Gene Procknow

Drummer Fisher Hung from a Tree by Don N. Hagist

Fever by Kim Burdick

Captain John Peck Rathbun: As Audacious as John Paul Jones by Eric Sterner

The Loyalist Exodus of 1778 by Jim Piecuch

Temper, Temper: Officers and Gentlemen Go Berserk by Joshua Shepherd

Untangling British Army Ranks by Don N. Hagist

The Carefree and Kindhearted General George Washington by Nancy K. Loane

Two Years Aboard the Welcome: The American Revolution on Lake Huron by Tyler Rudd Putman

The Stockbridge–Mohican Community in the Revolutionary War, 1775–1783 by Bryan Rindfleisch

Colonel Tench Tilghman: George Washington’s Eyes and Ears by Jeff Dacus

Struck by Lightning by Michael J. F. Sheehan

A Series of Unfortunate Events: Chicheser Cheyne’s Revolutionary War, 1778–1783 by Nicolas Bell-Romero

A Look at Lauzun in L’Expedition Particuliere by Kim Burdick

Did the First Cedar Springs Skirmish Really Happen? By Conner Runyan

His Majesty’s Indian Allies: Ten Notables by Joshua Shepherd

The Tiger Aids the Eaglet: How India Secured America’s Independence by Richard Sambasivam

Stern Measures: Thomas Jefferson Confronts the “Hair Buyer” by Joshua Shepherd

Alexander Hamilton, Benedict Arnold, and a “Forgotten” Publius by Stephen Brumwell

A General’s Funeral: The Burial of Enoch Poor by Todd W. Braisted

Top Ten Banastre Tarleton Myths by John Knight

How Yorktown Almost Couldn’t Afford to Happen by John L. Smith, Jr.

How Article 7 Freed 3,000 Slaves by Bob Ruppert

What Do Bond Prices Tell Us About the Early Republic? by Richard Sambasivam

Why God is in the Declaration of Independence but not in the Constitution by Anthony J. Minna

Don N. Hagist is managing editor of the Journal of the American Revolution. An expert on the British army in the American Revolution, he is the author of many books and articles, including British Soldiers, American War: Voices of the American Revolution and The Revolution’s Last Men: The Stories Behind the Photographs.

Praise for the Journal of the American Revolution:

“The Journal of the American Revolution is an exciting experiment that benefits from the combined efforts of independent scholars and professional historians dedicated to re-examining the history of this country’s founding.” —Gregory J. W. Urwin, prize-winning historian, Temple University